White Hmong

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hmong-Mien *mblet (tongue), likely borrowed from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s/g-ljak (to lick). Cognate with Iu Mien mbietc. Compare Old Chinese (OC *ɦbljed, “tongue”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nplaig (classifier: tus)

  1. (anatomy) tongue

References

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  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 48; 278.